WSJ Crossword August 21, 2026 Answers

Across

1ADiplomatic assignment4 5AWeighs down5 10AInfectious bug4 14AOne might get tipped3 17AContrail makeup5 19AVengeful swordsman Montoya5 20APotatoes, in Indian cuisine4 21AParcel (out)4 22ALong-necked swamp speaker?11 24AHoney-based drink4 25AAround 314, for a circle of radius 104 26AAlamo option7 27AFinal glimpse of a forbidding silhouette?11 30APrecocious “Family Guy” character6 32A“That had to hurt!”3 34ADreyer’s partner3 35AImposes (upon)6 36AUsed to be3 37A1982 movie with 2010 and 2025 sequels4 39AOne of 265 in the Bronx Zoo4 41ARegional flora and fauna5 42ATwo things that meet when applying balm after a workout?13 45ALosses in a ledger6 47ACynical crime genre4 48AInjures badly5 49ALatin for “load”4 51AYao in the Basketball Hall of Fame4 53AHaving the most pepper icons on the menu, perhaps8 56AResult of a burning desire5 58AStrung along5 59ATake in3 60AFawn’s kin4 62AGenesis creator4 64AMemorable span3 65ASalon choice without waves or curls?10 70ADrone-based delivery vehicle?10 73ANintendo avatar3 74A“Whiskey in My Water” country singer Tyler4 75APlace to grab a mocha4 77A___ Lingus3 78ANorth Pole workers5 80AFactory worker5 82A“You doubt me?”8 87AGarden with a snake problem4 88ASurrender4 89ASaharan stopovers5 91AModernists4 93AGenre for Björk and Kate Bush6 95ATwo-wheeler with cables pulled taut?13 99ABargain hunters’ finds5 100AHome of Iowa State4 101AMemo starter4 102AReceipt line3 103AClimbing expert6 105ABestie, in Bordeaux3 106AYoungest king in the Valley of the Kings3 108ACapital on the Hudson6 110AEasy scores during a casual round?11 113ASnitch7 115AInitial cost4 116ASnore-inducing4 117APerfectly negotiated agreements?11 121AXmas, for Jimmy Buffett4 122ASouthernmost Great Lake4 123ALiquefy in a blender5 124ASonata section5 125A___ admin (IT pro)3 126ADirt road tracks4 127AMicroscope insert5 128ADrei squared4

Down

1DPiping plastic, for short3 2DCrew member3 3DEnterprise, e.g.9 4DThus far5 5DOld Milanese money4 6DWorld’s heaviest snakes9 7D“Likewise!”5 8DBraggart’s attribute3 9DPut in order4 10DThey may include only the first levels9 11DMournful poem5 12DStadium sound4 13DTweaks8 14D“How about this...”11 15DReally bothered5 16DDrops from ducts5 18DSends, as payment6 21DSeafaring8 23DRalph Vaughan Williams’s “Hugh the Drover,” e.g.5 28DDaughter of Cronus4 29DState of mind4 30DPond glider4 31DSome food truck fare5 33DGrowing business?4 38D“Put your wallet away”4 40DFrance’s film award5 41DSultanate on the South China Sea6 43DGospel singer Campbell5 44DNamed as a source5 46DBouillon brand5 50DLike a busybody4 52DPest in a cloud4 54DSalon offerings5 55D“Young Frankenstein” role4 57DElizabethan collar4 58DCold-fermented beer5 61DPixar film set during el Día de los Muertos4 63DChew like a capybara4 65DHook’s sidekick4 66DSwinton of “Michael Clayton”5 67DBig mouth features11 68DCorp. benefits experts6 69DStepped (on)4 71DHome page, in a way5 72DPartner in crime5 76DPriest’s advice5 79DATM feature8 81DFellows who follow9 83DPracticed mindfulness, say9 84DBookstore ID4 85DSmooth fruit9 86DAncient city that lent its name to a Middle Eastern plateau5 88DUtensil that’s full of holes8 90DMgr.’s underling4 92DHot, in a way4 94DDaddy, in Durango4 96DDoha dignitary4 97DReally steamed5 98DWhere losers dwell6 103DDNA lab items5 104DGood around the house5 105DChallenging H.S. English course5 107DUltrasound targets5 109DBack with bucks5 111DRevered adviser4 112DEasy victims4 114DHazel or olive4 118D___-de-sac3 119DEnd of an academic address3 120DHeir, often3